Sport « Week In China - Part 5

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Yao learns investment lessons
Oct 18, 2013 (WiC 212)

When Yao Ming joined the NBA in 2002, the 7-foot-6-inch giant was hyped as a “mobile Great Wall” that towered as a centre but also had touch sweet enough to play shooting guard. But you can’t have it all in life. Yao’s nine-year NBA ...

Football club makes history by reaching Asian final
Oct 4, 2013 (WiC 211)

When Marcello Lippi was unveiled as Guangzhou Evergrande’s coach last May, he made a rather memorable prediction. “My arrival may be the most important thing for China today,” he told local media, confidently. Impressive talk, but Lippi ...

Ignominy for Beijing team at the National Games
Sep 13, 2013 (WiC 208)

Sometimes mistakes are so obvious that the error has to be acknowledged immediately. This was the case last weekend after netizens mocked China’s state media for mistakenly reporting that Istanbul had won the right to host the 2020 ...

TV show pits Chinese kung-fu against foreign forms of combat
Aug 30, 2013 (WiC 206)

Propagandists seeking to promote the global appeal of traditional Chinese culture were disappointed in May, when the martial art wushu failed to be selected for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics. Eight sports were vying for one slot made ...

Young footballers hone skills at kung-fu academy
Aug 23, 2013 (WiC 205)

Audacious efforts have been made over the years to turn China into a world football power. One such attempt: the China Jianlibao Youth Football Team was formed two decades ago this month. The plan was to develop an expensive training programme ...

Spanish coach gets axed as boss of national soccer team
Jul 12, 2013 (WiC 201)

Anyone who doesn’t reform must step down. That was Deng Xiaoping’s rallying cry during his famous ‘Southern Tour’ in 1992 – a symbolic journey aimed at rescuing his economic reform programme from a conservative backlash. The Chinese ...

Chinese national soccer side is humiliated by Thais
Jun 21, 2013 (WiC 198)

After securing a €100 billion ($133 billion) emergency loan for his country’s troubled banks – disbursed by EU partners – Spain’s prime minister flew straight to Poland. Why? Mariano Rajoy wanted to watch his country’s national ...

Evergrande tycoon invests in soccer school
Jun 7, 2013 (WiC 196)

Football pundits often fail to agree but last month they were unanimous on at least one point: the Germans now dominate European football. This conclusion was drawn after two German teams – Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund – reached the ...

Basketball owner prevented from selling team
May 24, 2013 (WiC 194)

Long before the Los Angeles Lakers became one of sport’s most popular franchises, the basketball team played in Minneapolis rather than California. In fact, they are called the “Lakers” in reference to Minnesota’s reputation as ‘The ...

Chinese fans react to Sir Alex’s retirement
May 17, 2013 (WiC 193)

When Manchester United’s official Twitter feed revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson was retiring, the #thankyousiralex” hashtag quickly went viral. According to CNET, 1.4 million people had tweeted it on within an hour and it became Twitter’s ...

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